Jill Loewenthal will be exhibiting her paintings at the Spring Street Gallery from Friday, August 22 through Thursday, September 4 with an opening reception on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Loewenthal is ...

The Victorian era Spring House Hotel sits majestically on top of a rolling grassy hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Built in 1852, it is one of Block Island’s oldest and most iconic landmarks.

Sea star researcher and enthusiast Angela Jones will be the featured speaker for the Block Island Maritime Institute’s Tuesday Talks series on August 19 at 7 p.m. Titled “Mysteries of the Sea Star,” ...

“The real takeaway there is the ambient sound levels, which is a defined term. We’ll call it the neighborhood noise,” Town Manager Amy Land told the New Shoreham Town Council ...

The New Shoreham Town Council held a relatively brief meeting on Monday, August 4 at just under 40 minutes with the most robust conversation being a discussion on Block Island Health Center’s lease ...

Block Island’s first tourists were pioneers. Whereas today one can arrive by a variety of vessels, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopter, in the 1840s (when no harbor existed), visitors needed to ...

On Block Island, wildflowers are front-and-center when it comes to the plant kingdom, but algae (especially the seaweeds) abound, as do ferns. The Nature Conservancy’s Community Science Walk on ...

Susan Marte is “Calling Us Home” with new works on exhibit at the Spring Street Gallery from August 16 through 28.

On August 14, 2025, Social Security turned 90, and working people across the country gathered to celebrate the nation’s most effective federal antipoverty program and fight back against attempts to ...

After the first round of the Block Island recreational softball playoffs on Monday, August 4, the championship game for Monday, August 11 was set. That night, first-seeded Kuaz beat the fourth-seeded ...

Sean and Leslie Hartnett are having an Open Studio at their home and studios on Southwest Point Saturday, August 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. They welcome people on Block ...

Stray buoy washes ashore - U.S. Coast Guard seeks public comment on discontinuing 350 aids to navigation ...